Improvement in sun-shields for horses



"'HUGH n. MCGOVERN.

Sun Shield .for Horses Patent ed Get. 24,1871

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Q fiyrma) V HUGH D. MCGOVERN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUN-SHIELDS FOR HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,208, datedOctober24,1871.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH D. MoGovERN, of Brooklyn, Kings county, Stateof New York, have invented certain Improvements in Sun- Shields forHorses, of which the following is a specification l The nature of myimprovement consists in the arrangement of a cap or elevated part on thetop of the shield, into which a fan-wheel may be placed, by means ofwhich a current of air is made to pass through an opening or largeaperture in the front of said cap or elevated part upon the head of thehorse, to render the same cool and comfortable While exposed to the heatof the sun.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I represents my improved shieldplaced on top of a horses head. Fig. II is a longitudinal section of thesame.

A represents the shield fastened on the top of the horses head so as tocover' that part of the head most quickly affected by the heat of thesun. B is a longitudinal half-circular cap or elevated part arranged onthe top of the shield a l tion of the horses head to keep the same cooland protected from the heat of the sun.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The shield or horse-bonnet A, provided with an elevated part or cap, B,having a large open aperture, D, on the front, in combination with afan-wheel, E, placed in the cap B, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

. HUGH D. MGGOVERN.

Witnesses: HENRY E. ROEDER,

JAMES J. DEBARRY.

